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O'Reilly, Treasurer Julian Cohen, Vice-Chairman Ray Stata, Vice-Chairman Nina L. Doggett, Vice-Chairman Harlan E. Anderson John F. Cogan, Jr. George Krupp Edward I. Rudman Diane M. Austin, Nancy J. Fitzpatrick R. Willis Leith, Jr. Hannah H. Schneider ex-officio Charles K. Gifford Ed Linde Roger T. Servison Gabriella Beranek Avram J. Goldberg Richard P. Morse Thomas G. Sternberg Jan Brett Thelma E. Goldberg Mrs. Robert B. Newman Stephen R. Weiner Paul Buttenwieser Julian T. Houston Robert P. O'Block Dr. Nicholas T. Zervas James F. Cleary Edna S. Kalman Peter C. Read Life Trustees Vernon R. Alden Mrs. Edith L. Dabney Mrs. George I. Kaplan Irving W. Rabb David B. Arnold, Jr. Nelson J. Darling, Jr. George H. Kidder Mrs. George Lee Sargent J. P. Barger Archie C. Epps Harvey Chet Krentzman Richard A. Smith Leo L. Beranek Mrs. John H. Fitzpatrick Mrs. August R. Meyer John Hoyt Stookey Jane C. Bradley Dean W. Freed William J. Poorvu John L. Thorndike Abram T. Collier Other Officers of the Corporation Thomas D. May and John Ex Rodgers, Assistant Treasurers Suzanne Page, Clerk of the Board Board of Overseers of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Diddy Cullinane, Chair Helaine B. Allen Jane C. Edmonds Steven E. Karol Millard H. Pryor, Jr. Joel B. Alvord William R. Elfers Douglas A. Kingsley Patrick J. Purcell Marjorie Arons-Barron George M. Elvin Robert Kleinberg Carol Reich Caroline Dwight Bain John P. Eustis II David I. Kosowsky Alan Rottenberg George D. Behrakis Pamela D. Everhart Dr. Arthur R. Kravitz Michael Ruettgers George W. Berry Judith Moss Feingold Mrs. William D. Arthur I. Segel Mark G. Borden J. Richard Fennell Larkin, Jr. Ross E. Sherbrooke Alan Bressler Lawrence K. Fish Robert J. Lepofsky L. Scott Singleton Robin A. Brown Myrna H. Freedman Alexander M. Levine Gilda Slifka Samuel B. Bruskin A. Alan Friedberg Christopher J. Lindop Mrs. Micho Spring William Burgin Dr. Arthur Gelb Shari Loessberg Charles A. Stakeley Dr. Edmund B. Cabot Mrs. Kenneth J. Edwin N. London Jacquelynne M. Rena F. Clarke Germeshausen Diane H. Lupean Stepanian Mrs. James C. Collias Robert P. Gittens John A. MacLeod II Samuel Thorne Eric D. Collins Michael Halperson Carmine Martignetti Bill Van Faasen Ranny Cooper John P. Hamill Joseph B. Martin, M.D. Loet A. Velmans Martha H.W Ellen T. Harris Robert J. Mayer, M.D. Paul M. Verrochi Crowninshield Deborah M. Hauser Barbara E. Maze Larry Weber Joan P. Curhan Carol Henderson Thomas McCann Stephen R. Weber Robert W Daly Anne C. Hodsdon Patricia McGovern Robert S. Weil Tamara P. Davis Phyllis S. Hubbard Joseph C. McNay James Westra Mrs. Miguel de F Donald Hudson Dr. Martin C. Mihm, Jr. Mrs. Joan D. Wheeler Braganca Roger Hunt Molly Beals Millman Reginald H. White Disque Deane Ernest Jacquet Robert T. O'Connell Margaret Williams- Betsy P. Demirjian Mrs. Robert M. Jaffe Norio Ohga DeCelles Paul F. Deninger Charles H. Jenkins, Jr. Ix>uis F Orsatti Robin Wilson JoAnne Walton Michael Joyce May H. Pierce Robert Winters Dickinson Martin S. Kaplan Dr. Tina Young Kathryn A. Wong Harry Ellis Dickson William M. Karlyn Poussainl Richard Wurtman, M.D. Francis A. Doyle Overseers Emeriti Sandra Bakalar Jordan Golding Mrs. Gordon F. David R. Pokross Lynda Schubert Bodman Mark R. Goldweitz Kingsley Daphne Brooks Prout William M. Bulger Mrs. Haskell R. Robert K. Kraft Robert E. Remis Mrs. Levin H. Campbell Gordon Benjamin H. Lacy Mrs. Peter van S. Rice Earle M. Chiles Susan D. Hall Hart D. Leavitt John Ex Rodgers Johns H. Congdon Mrs. Richard D. Hill Laurence Lesser Mrs. Jerome Rosenfeld Phyllis Curtin Susan M. Hillest Frederick H. Roger A. Saunders Phyllis Dohanian Glen H. Hiner Lovejoy, Jr. Francis P. Sears, Jr. Goetz B. Eaton Marilyn Brachman Mrs. Charles P. Lyman Mrs. Carl Shapiro Harriett Eckstein Hoffman Mrs. Harry L. Marks Mrs. Arthur I. Strang Edward Eskandarian Lola Jaffe C. Charles Marran Robert A. Wells Peter H.B. H. Eugene Jones Nathan R. Miller Mrs. Thomas H.P. Frelinghuysen Leonard Kaplan Hanae Mori Whitney Mrs. Thomas Mrs. S. Charles Kasdon Mrs. Hiroshi H. Nishino Mrs. Donald B. Wilson Galligan, Jr. Richard L. Kaye John A. Perkins Mrs. John J. Wilson Mrs. James Garivaltis tDeceased Business Leadership Association Board of Directors Charles K. Gifford, Chairman Leo L. Beranek, James F. Cleary, and Michael J. Joyce, President Harvey Chet Krentzman, Chairmen Emeriti Lynda S. Bodman Lawrence K. Fish Christopher J. Lindop Patrick J. Purcell Robin A. Brown Bink Garrison Carmine Martignetti Roger T Servison Diddy Cullinane John P. Hamill Thomas May Ray Stata Francis A. Doyle Steven E. Karol J. Kent McHose William Van Faasen William R. Elfers Edmund Kelly Joseph McNay Paul M. Verrochi Ex-Officio Peter A. Brooke, Nicholas T Zervas Officers of the Boston Symphony Association of Volunteers Diane M. Austin, President Melvin R. Blieberg, Executive Vice-President/ Donna Riccardi, Executive Vice-President/ Tanglewood Administration Linda M. Sperandio, Secretary Nancy Ferguson, Executive Vice-President/ William A. Along, Treasurer Fundraising Barbara Steiner, Nominating Committee Chairman Christina M. Bolio, Public Howard Cutler, Resource Ann M. Philbin, Special Projects Relations Development Mary Marland Rauscher, Dorothyann M. Callahan, Richard D. Dixon, Education Hall Services Membership and Outreach Table of Contents Looking Ahead 9 A Brief History of the Boston Symphony Orchestra 17 On Display in Symphony Hall 19 This Week's Boston Symphony Orchestra Program 22 Featured Artists 47 Future Programs 60 Symphony Hall Information 63 This week's Pre-Concert Talks are given by Michael Steinberg, program annotator of the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1976 to 1979, and later of the San Francisco Symphony and New York Philharmonic. Programs copyright ©2002 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. Cover design by Sametz Blackstone Associates, Boston/Cover photograph by Constantine Manos Administration Mark Volpe, Managing Director Eunice and Julian Cohen Managing Directorship, fullyfunded in perpetuity Tony Beadle. Manager, Boston Pops Kim Noltemy, Director of Sales and Marketing J. Carey Bloomfield, Director of Development Caroline Smedvig Taylor, Director of Public Anthony Fogg, Artistic Administrator Relations and Marketing Marion Gardner-Saxe, Director of Human Resources Ray F. Wellbaum, Orchestra Manager Ellen Highstein, Director of Tanglewood Music Center Thomas D. May, Director of Finance and Business Affairs ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF/ARTISTIC Karen Leopardi, Artist Assistant/Secretary to the Music Director • Vincenzo Natale, Chauffeur/Valet • Suzanne Page, Assistant to the Managing Director/Manager of Board Administration • Alexander Steinbeis, Artistic Administration Coordinator ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF/ PRODUCTION Christopher W. Ruigomez, Operations Manager Felicia A. Burrey, Chorus Manager • John Demick, Senior Stage Technician • Keith Elder, Produc- tion Coordinator • Julie Giattina, Assistant Chorus Manager • Stephanie Kluter, Assistant to the Or- chestra Manager • Jake Moerschel, Stage Technician • Mark C. Rawson, Stage Technician • Timothy Tsukamoto, Orchestra Personnel Coordinator BOSTON POPS Dennis Alves, Director of Programming Jana Gimenez, Production Manager • Sheri Goldstein, Personal Assistant to the Conductor • Julie Knippa, Administration Coordinator • Margo Saulnier, Artistic Coordinator BUSINESS OFFICE Sarah J. Harrington, Director of Planning and Budgeting Craig R. Kaplan, Controller Leslie Bissaillon, Manager, Glass Houses, Tanglewood Roberta Kennedy, Manager, Symphony Shop Lamees Al-Noman, Cash Accountant • Yaneris Briggs, Accounts Payable Supervisor • Michelle Green, Executive Assistant to the Director of Finance and Business Affairs • Y. Georges Minyayluk, Senior Investment Accountant • Pam Netherwood, Assistant Manager, Symphony Shop • John O'Callaghan, Payroll Account- ant • Mary Park, Budget Analyst • Harriet Prout, Accounting Manager